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NEWMARKET AURORA KESWICK ONTARIO WEDNESDAY AUGUST Newmarket Aurora Keswick Not So Hot Well have a Itttfc rata today TltrsJay with the tempera lae day and drepeiag abort at algtti 5 OK Theresa Its I P Report Urges- Is I I It 1 l NEWMARKET Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party Robert Nixon was Ihe guest speaker at a garden party held at the home of Tom Taylor Bob ford Street on Saturday Mr Taylor Is the Liberal candi date for the Riding of York North About were present Kepreesntatives were present from New market Town Council East Township Council and the Township of King Speaking of the housing crisis in Ontario Mr Nixon told his audience that the people of Ontario had been deluged with promises and predictions that the housing situation would be solved by the HOME program of the present government of Ontario Tins has been proven wrong right down the line said Mr Nixon the housing shor tage grows more critical every day and the governments HOME program will do Ifltle or nothing to relieve it Mr Nixon noted that not one building lot would be made available in Metro Toronto this year The closest are near Brampton and would cost nearly a lot The HOME program is a hodgepodge of stopgap afterthefact stabs at a solution supported by a publicity campaign that has a far more professional touch than HOME program itself We have been hearing about the Mal vern Development for ten years Mr Nixon said and we heard it again in ihe last ses sion of the Legislature This plan is sup posed to provide ten thousand housing units in Metro but now we learn there will be an other two year delay before anything con crete will be done Mr Nixon said that it must surely be ob vious that cooperation between the three levels of government federal provincial and municipal was needed to solve the problem and the provincfa government must take the initiative A master plan must be developed which takes into consideration the number of housing starts required just to stay even with the present number of new housing units needed each year plus pro vision for immediately Implementing a mas sive increase in the number of starts to catch up with the backlog that has been built up Should Renew Downtown Newm Who that kissing mommy asks threeyearold Theresa Taylor Well Theresa Its daddy thats who so dont look so worried The occa sion was a garden party at the New market home of daddy Tom Taylor who is the Liberal candidate in the Provincial riding of York North Photo Phil Jones 4 Moves To e St NEWMARKET Childrens Aid So ciety moved into its new offices at Eagle St Tuesday and its director Donald Van Camp looked forward to the grand opening ceremonies in October after all construction and rennovation on the building has been completed Mr VanCamp commented We have moved here because we had outgrown our offices Jn the county building In nine years this agency has grown from a staff of six to a staff of 23 Our staff will likely continue to grow as the population does and our new building has been built so that it can ab sorb an increase In personnel Concerning Childrens Aid Societys work Mr VanCamp said Weve always been a family service With this move hope to extend our family work Perhaps people will come more freely to a private office like this than to a county complex The Childrens Aid Is a private nonprof it company which Is supported by the prov ince and the county Mr Van Camp said most of the financial aid for agency comes from the province NEWMARKET The downtown area of Newmarket an area bounded by Church Millard north to Queen east on Queen to Con cession south and to the west of Office Specialty to Water has beep classified for redevelopment by a firm of town planners The firm Proctor Bous- and Bacon was hired by the town to determine if and how much the downtown was in need of re newal The firms report also revealed locations of problems of lesser mag nitude but concentrated their first report on the Central commercial district for the preparation of an Urban Renewal Scheme The report added that since no other area was found to be suffi ciently blighted to warrant prepara tion of a scheme the investigations of this detailed nature cover only the downtown area The planners made no specific recommendation in their first report but they did say It will therefore be necessary in order to revitalize the downtown area and restore it to its status of the Central Business District to en sure that the scheme proposed offers stores as modern parking as con venient walking areas as pleas ant as any shopping centre can offer SEPTEMBER A report with specific recom mendations to revitalize downtown Newmarket is expected sometime in September The town planning firm found that the opening of the Newmarket Shopping Plaza had a marked ef fect on the downtown area but it has not affected it to such an extent that it is becoming dormant A survey taken by the firm show ed that per cent of the downtown more next and that another six per cent would expand their facilities within the next 10 years The survey also showed that per cent of the downtown merchants were satisfied with remaining at their present location and only per cent wished to relocate Of tho 24 merchants wishing to relocate seven wanted to move to Davis Dr Plaza eight wanted to move from the downtown area two wanted another locution on Main St the remainder were going out of business moving out of town or moving to larger facilities The town planners report found that downtown Newmarket contains ft high number of old buildings in fair and conditions These photographs Indicate the poor condition of the rear of the properties facing on to Main Street The photographs were taken by Proctor Redfern and Bacon and published in their first report of Newmarket Urban Renewal Study and Scheme I quite severe deterioration especially in the central part of the Renewal Scheme Area the report continued USED AS PARK In recommending the downtown section as a redevelopment area the town planners noted that the vacant land along the river valley could possibly be developed as a park and thus its inclusion in the renewal scheme area may provide for a use ful amenity The report also stated that Wages in Newmarket are low er than in Metro Toronto and un skilled workers are lower than those in Aurora There is a deficiency of local active parks especially in the areas with high densities of children Storm sewers are virtually non existent There is virtually no water pressure at the east end of hanta underwriters rate five years if it were feasible the water distribution system as gen erally inadequate Street conditions within in the town are on the whole unsatisfactory Industries have assisted in the deterioration of abutting residential properties noting the lower wage scale In Newmarket the planners report said that many residents prefer to commute to Toronto to make more than the average wage for men of and for women Urnny be generally said that of these persons who reside in New market those who arc employed out side of Newmarket are in higher income levels than thoso employed within the town the report stated Regarding the parks deficiency the planners said that their final report recommendations for additional park facilities NOT ENFORCED town planners sold that inadequate storm sewer system is be ing taxed by nonenforcement of a bylaw which prohibits roof water drains from being connected to storm sewer system In noting the inadequate water distribution system the planners The first of these is on Prospect St from Davis Dr south to son St Although none of the factories in this vicinity are in poor condition structurally a few have hot had the regular maintenance necessary to maintain their appearance in satis- cognize that Newmarket will factory condition This has a have to be served by water from Lake The planners state that only Main St Davis Dr Charles St and a portion of Prospect St meet the De partment of Highways 28foot paved surface requirement There are two areas where in dustries have assisted in the deterio ration of abutting residential proper ties the report says noticeable effect on the surrounding The town planners report- that on the whole Newmarket residences are well kept and that property values are continuing to increase Next week Planners recommendations Traffic patterns Population prediction Newmarket potential School Board To Gel Brief Following repeated that they wished to ask questions between public sup- meeting to be held in Augustc and the Whitchurch Townshin Mr Smith replied that the questions must A busy week in ahead for Sutton as workers and fairground operators gel ready for Fair and the com munitys own Centennial celebrations A pony called Cricket gets frisky just thinking about the whole Idea and tries out a wrestling stance with owner Windy who claims that the animal Eh more docile than he looks Photo Phil Jones Specifically he said the province pays per cent of the cost of unmarried par ent work while It also finances per cent of all other cases The county absorbs the residue costs of these cases Mr Van Camp Is a veteran of years of work In this field in Newmarket Until IB months he worked at Green Acres Home for Aged At that time he trans ferred to the Childrens Aid Society Itelleitlng on the rewards of this type of sociological work Mr Van Camp said Yon dont do It with a In mind My re ward Is knowing that In some small way I have helped a family get back to a normal happy life TRAFFIC There is considerable traffic con- goat ion on Main St and a number of other traffic problems rear of most of the proper ties as visible from the offstreet parking areas present a most un sightly prospect Many residential and several commercial vacancies are evident in the urea The rear of Main St properties arc generally worse than the facades and It is hero that structural defects evident In many build ings On Church St of tho renewal area residential buildings am in good condition In many In stances homes arc fairly large and have been well maintained these and Main St properties there exists a section of buildings which have not received m and consequently ghow fc agreement porters and the Whitchurch Township Aren School Hoard a letter has been drafted to Hon William Davis Ontario Minister of Education by Mrs Lillian McAdam request ing that immediate action and investigation be made Into the intolerable conditions which exist Mrs McAdams letter slates that ratepayer has suggested a swastika arm band Is all that is needed for Mr Morris Smith Mr Smllh is chairman of the Whitchurch Area School Board Further In her letter to Sir Davis Mrs states that Mr and another member of the board Mrs Irene are both gravely concerned about the gross Irregularities In the opera Ion of this board In a letter to The Era Mrs McAdam stated that following a meeting of school board on July 24 Mr Morris Smith refused to accept a letter signed by ratepayers be submitted in writing at least one week in advance of the meeting Mrs also enclosed a copy of the questions which It is proposed to advance at the August meeting The brief asks that the Township School Board clarify all mat ters contained in the document to the sails taction of the ratepayers The brief also requests that the era concerned be Riven examine the books meetings of the board from Jan I IMS up to present time Included In the allegations contained In the brief are That Mr Melvln Baker a member of the board and alterations to Boy Crushed By Car NKWMAHKCT A nine year old New- market boy shopping for a birthday pres ent for his mother was crushed through window of Myers Variety Store on Main St by a runaway cor last week Mclean son of Mr and Mrs Iter Mclean St had been silting on the step of the store looking Into the window when he was crushed by a car which hod rolled about 130 feet diagonally across Maine St over the curb and sidewalk The boy was rushed to York County lips and surgery was performed for Inter nal injuries Hospital authorities stated later he was In satisfactory condition Police stated car had been parked south of the store on west side of Main St by Charles 20 of Newmarket Mr had gone Into store and had left his two nephews ago one and three in vehicle Police believe that the car either Jumped out of gear or the children inadvertently let oft the emergency brake The father of tho children Kennclh was arrested at the scene following accident and charged with causing a dis turbance Police said the man was screaming ami yelling white police were making their In vestigation and after being warned several limes to desist was arrested School without prior permission of the board and that some board members were unaware that the work was being un dertaken until Mr Baker presented the bill for payment after the job was complete That Mr Baker authorized the drilling of a well at School without calling for tenders or even getting competitive prices part of the extensive brief deals with a situation regarding a teacher Mrs Mar lon McNeil the brief also charges against children from Wilcox and states that the board appears to send all their problem teachers to that area In Us summing up the brief charges that Mr Smith Mr Adams school inspector and Mr Wiley secretary to board have gone to lengths to protect MraMc Neil Whitchurch Area School Board is sche duled to meet at Public School for a regular meeting on August 14 when It is expected that a group of ratepayers wilt ask for replies to the questions contained In the brief requested by the board J the general contractor and Paul architect key to pl Bain Nimtlio Harrow Rev Maurleo general Centennial Celebration Committee on the are offer the Herman at the open air at the Fairground Monday afternoon A ten pwn which wan worn by her many yearn ago Parade at on Monday fashion show wan a start for the weeklong annual Button Fair and 1 m i y Horat a former I